{"id":28960,"date":"2020-03-10T13:48:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T17:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?p=28960"},"modified":"2024-08-09T07:41:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:41:33","slug":"fass-faculty-peer-mentorship-mental-health-resource-and-support-peer-connectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/2020\/fass-faculty-peer-mentorship-mental-health-resource-and-support-peer-connectors\/","title":{"rendered":"FASS Faculty Peer Mentorship — Mental Health Resource and Support Peer Connectors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n FASS Faculty Peer Mentorship — Mental Health Resource and Support Peer Connectors\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Creating a work environment that is conducive to good mental health is necessarily a collective endeavor \u2014 it requires communities to come together in support of one another\u2019s wellbeing, become comfortable speaking about mental health, and destigmatize the need for support. The Faculty of Arts and Social Science\u2019s newly established Mental Health Resource and Support Peer Connectors pilot aims to meet those goals from a grassroots level, by working with faculty who are interested to begin that work. Six faculty members volunteered to become on-the-ground points of contact for colleagues in FASS who might be experiencing a difficult or emotionally trying period, want support for an ongoing concern, and\/or who are unsure what resources are available and how to access them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mental Health Resource and Support Peer Connectors received training in the following areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n